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LEAD Fairfax | Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, Va.

History

In 1999, the newly established Career Development section of FCPS Human Resources began researching best practices in leadership development and succession planning. Staff members attended national conferences sponsored by organizations such as Linkage, Gallup, and the Institute for Educational Leadership. Additionally, staff visited with consultants at the Center for Creative Leadership and North Carolina's Principal's Institute. Using their findings, Career Development staff members created the Learning, Empowering, Assessing, and Developing (LEAD) Fairfax initiative. Fifteen schools were recommended by our district's cluster directors and Human Resources' Career Development section for participation in the 2000-01 pilot. In 2001, our district drafted and submitted a proposal to Wallace-Readers Digest. In 2002, our district was awarded a Leaders Count grant from the Wallace Foundation.

Going into the 2005-2006 school year, LEAD Fairfax has grown to 28 active learning cohorts and has trained more than 2,000 educational leaders, teachers, support staff, students and community members.

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